#Larnax - Twitter Hashtag

6 months ago · London

#SarcophagusSaturday at the #BritishMuseum finds us in front of this terracotta #larnax or cinerary urn from #Chiusi, dating from 150-100 BCE. A stoutish blond youth reclines on the lid, above a battle scene on the front, but the inscription names a woman, Thana Ancarui Thelesa.

antmoose's tweet photo. #SarcophagusSaturday at the #BritishMuseum finds us in front of this terracotta #larnax or cinerary urn from #Chiusi, dating from 150-100 BCE. A stoutish blond youth reclines on the lid, above a battle scene on the front, but the inscription names a woman, Thana Ancarui Thelesa. https://t.co/mV1Ozg9g5g

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Anthony Majanlahti @antmoose

11 months ago · London

#SarcophagusSaturday at the #BritishMuseum surprises us with quite the little collection of #Minoan funerary furniture, like this terracotta #larnax or #ossuary from 1400-1200 BCE, found at Palaikastro in northeastern #Crete. This one has traces of painted decoration.

antmoose's tweet photo. #SarcophagusSaturday at the #BritishMuseum surprises us with quite the little collection of #Minoan funerary furniture, like this terracotta #larnax or #ossuary from 1400-1200 BCE, found at Palaikastro in northeastern #Crete. This one has traces of painted decoration. https://t.co/4tIbOLkDMD

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Anthony Majanlahti @antmoose

over 1 year ago · Rome

For #SarcophagusSaturday we're back one last time at the #MuseodellArteSalvata at the #BathsofDiocletian in #Rome, to see a strange #Etruscan #cinerary #urn or #larnax saved from the clandestine antiquities market by the #Carabinieri.

antmoose's tweet photo. For #SarcophagusSaturday we're back one last time at the #MuseodellArteSalvata at the #BathsofDiocletian in #Rome, to see a strange #Etruscan #cinerary #urn or #larnax saved from the clandestine antiquities market by the #Carabinieri. https://t.co/Wq7Aiurdtm

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Anthony Majanlahti @antmoose

over 1 year ago

This #Etruscan #larnax was recovered in 2024 from a site near Città della Pieve in #Umbria, a splendid example for #SarcophagusSaturday. The scene on the box of these larnakes is always a rather generic #Greek mythical episode, like a decorated base for the #portrait above. 🧵

antmoose's tweet photo. This #Etruscan #larnax was recovered in 2024 from a site near Città della Pieve in #Umbria, a splendid example for #SarcophagusSaturday. The scene on the box of these larnakes is always a rather generic #Greek mythical episode, like a decorated base for the #portrait above. 🧵 https://t.co/T9NCQBZ1Mx

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Anthony Majanlahti @antmoose

over 1 year ago

#SarcophagusSaturday takes us to the #VillaGiulia where we find this lovely cinerary urn or #larnax with a male figure on the lid and fratricide on the front. Some #polychromy survives, as well.

antmoose's tweet photo. #SarcophagusSaturday takes us to the #VillaGiulia where we find this lovely cinerary urn or #larnax with a male figure on the lid and fratricide on the front. Some #polychromy survives, as well. https://t.co/ChEFjzSNIG

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Anthony Majanlahti @antmoose

about 2 years ago · Paris

"Darling, you're not still angry about me sacrificing our daughter #Iphigenia all those years ago?" Apparently #Clytemnestra was still angry, as this scene on a #larnax from #Volterra shows. This #relief for #SarcophagusSaturday shows the #Hellenistic taste of late #Etruscan art.

antmoose's tweet photo. "Darling, you're not still angry about me sacrificing our daughter #Iphigenia all those years ago?" Apparently #Clytemnestra was still angry, as this scene on a #larnax from #Volterra shows. This #relief for #SarcophagusSaturday shows the #Hellenistic taste of late #Etruscan art. https://t.co/u7ixo4OrSd

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Miss Jones @[email protected] @MissJonesTravel

over 2 years ago

Ein #Larnax mit Octopusbemalung🐙 Auf dem Bild sehr ihr ein Grabgefäß aus der #Bronzezeit. Es handelt sich um eine typische Darstellung bei den Minoern. In dieser #Kultur gab es viele Darstellungen von Octopoden: https://t.co/cbx8bWnKU9

MissJonesTravel's tweet photo. Ein #Larnax mit Octopusbemalung🐙

Auf dem Bild sehr ihr ein Grabgefäß aus der #Bronzezeit. Es handelt sich um eine typische Darstellung bei den Minoern. In dieser #Kultur gab es viele Darstellungen von Octopoden:

https://t.co/cbx8bWnKU9 https://t.co/9saRKFVu7R

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage1

over 2 years ago

A #Minoan coffin (or "#larnax") from Kydonia (#Chania) in Crete, c.1250 BC. Both sides are decorated with stylised depictions of octopuses, a favourite subject in Minoan art because of connections with the sea. (Chania Archaeological Museum) #TerracottaTuesday

ianebbage1's tweet photo. A #Minoan coffin (or "#larnax") from Kydonia (#Chania) in Crete, c.1250 BC. Both sides are decorated with stylised depictions of octopuses, a favourite subject in Minoan art because of connections with the sea. (Chania Archaeological Museum)
#TerracottaTuesday https://t.co/xN7x7y9mtW

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Anthony Majanlahti @antmoose

over 2 years ago · Paris

For #SarcophagusSaturday we're going back, back, back in time, to October 2023 when I took this photo of a late #Mycenaean #larnax in the #Louvre in #Paris. The undulating linear patterns on this #terracotta box are heirs to the spiral reliefs in earlier cemeteries.

antmoose's tweet photo. For #SarcophagusSaturday we're going back, back, back in time, to October 2023 when I took this photo of a late #Mycenaean #larnax in the #Louvre in #Paris. The undulating linear patterns on this #terracotta box are heirs to the spiral reliefs in earlier cemeteries. https://t.co/aGVEpyldR6

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Anthony Majanlahti @antmoose

almost 3 years ago · Paris

For #SarcophagusSaturday, a small beautiful #larnax containing the ashes of a chic society lady, from #Volterra but now in the #Louvre in #Paris. The scene of the abduction of #Helen is possibly a metaphor for the soul's unwilling voyage toward the unknowns of the Underworld.

antmoose's tweet photo. For #SarcophagusSaturday, a small beautiful #larnax containing the ashes of a chic society lady, from #Volterra but now in the #Louvre in #Paris. The scene of the abduction of #Helen is possibly a metaphor for the soul's unwilling voyage toward the unknowns of the Underworld. https://t.co/brndvUXsKc

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Sarah @Sarah404BC

over 4 years ago

#Larnax-painters and Vase-painters: Vitae Parallelae in Late Minoan III #Crete

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Sarah @Sarah404BC

over 4 years ago

#Larnax-painters and Vase-painters: Vitae Parallelae in Late Minoan III #Crete

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Sarah @Sarah404BC

over 4 years ago

#Larnax-painters and Vase-painters: Vitae Parallelae in Late Minoan III #Crete https://t.co/nJpat0ExDe

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The Antiques Almanac @AlmanacAntiques

almost 5 years ago

A #larnax is a type of small closed #coffin, #box or "ash-chest" often used as a #container for #human remains after #cremation in #ancient #civilizations. Learn more. https://t.co/yRzyKVRAUA

AlmanacAntiques's tweet photo. A #larnax is a type of small closed #coffin, #box or "ash-chest" often used as a #container for #human remains after #cremation in #ancient #civilizations. Learn more. https://t.co/yRzyKVRAUA https://t.co/azupZEhnZe

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Sarah @Sarah404BC

about 6 years ago

New Evidence on the Origin of the LMIII Chest-shaped #Larnax #Minoan #Zakhros Valley #Crete https://t.co/Tn9evT8lTY

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Sarah @Sarah404BC

about 7 years ago

#Larnax-painters and Vase-painters: Vitae Parallelae in Late #Minoan III #Crete https://t.co/MH4CIihOnt

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𝕍𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕄𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕒 @Macedonia_Gr

over 7 years ago

The gold #Larnax & the myrtle #wreath #crown worn by Queen #Meda are two of the most remarkable gold objects of the ancient #Greek World | #Museum of the Royal Tombs of #Aigai, #Vergina in #Macedonia, #Greece. #archaeology #history